JUST WHEN YOU thought 2017 couldn’t get any better for Ireland’s teenage swimming sensation Mona McSharry, she adds another achievement to her ever-growing list.
The 17-year-old this afternoon booked her place in a first senior international final — the 100m Breastroke at the 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Copenhagen.
Sligo native McSharry has had a remarkable year at junior level, the standout moment coming as she won 100m breastroke gold at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis.
And this week, she has made a solid step up to to senior level in Copenhagen.
After clocking a time of 1:05.40 and recording a 3rd place finish in her semi-final, she qualified for tomorrow’s final in 8th place. The time was just outside her own Irish record of 1:05.27.
Tomorrow’s final in the Danish capital is at 4.16pm Irish time, and here’s the startlist:
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